CVE-2025-47581
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A critical Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CVE-2025-47581) has been identified in Elbisnero WordPress Events Calendar Registration & Tickets plugin, affecting versions through 2.6.0. The vulnerability was discovered and published on May 16, 2025, allowing Object Injection without requiring authentication (Patchstack, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). This severity score indicates that the vulnerability requires no special privileges or user interaction for exploitation, making it particularly dangerous (NVD, Wiz).

Impact

The vulnerability could enable malicious actors to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, and denial of service attacks if a proper POP chain is present. The high CVSS score indicates potential for complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Patchstack, Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until an official fix becomes available. The virtual patch can be used to protect affected websites while waiting for an official update from the plugin developer. No official fix is currently available (Patchstack).

Additional resources


SourceThis report was generated using AI

Related WordPress vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2025-13604HIGH7.2
  • security-malware-firewall
NoYesDec 09, 2025
CVE-2025-13642MEDIUM5.4
  • wp-user-avatar
NoYesDec 09, 2025
CVE-2025-13924MEDIUM4.3
  • advanced-product-fields-for-woocommerce
NoYesDec 09, 2025
CVE-2025-13071N/AN/A
  • custom-admin-menu
NoNoDec 09, 2025
CVE-2025-13070N/AN/A
  • csv-to-sorttable
NoNoDec 09, 2025

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management